we are seeing attacks onjudiciary, ferdinand marcos. affair, ? unfair. is democracy in danger? how could he be a dictator's he was constitutionally elected. democratically elected. whether or not you like him, his days there until 2022. -- he not you like him, his days there until2022. -- he stays not you like him, his days there until 2022. -- he stays there. duterte's grip on power looks secure. despite his brutal war on drugs and the stifling of opposition, the majority of the country still supports them. since we interviewed senator, his arrest has been ordered. he demonstrated his executive. -- senator trillanes. that is a dictatorship the matter how you look at it. the president's will is incredibly authoritarian. with more yea rs incredibly authoritarian. with more years in power, the future for democracy here is looking bleak. —— the president's rule is looking in —— increasingly authoritarian. hello, good morning. friday felt a little bit more like autumn because we had cooler air coming from the north, not surprisingly, the hi

archive newsreel: ferdinand marcos is the only filipino to be twice—elected president.nded his second term of office by more than a year and shows no inclination to step down. in the 1970s, the philippines fell into the clutches of a notorious dictator, ferdinand marcos, who declared martial law. the president today exhorted members of the judiciary to expedite action... he muzzled the media, closed down political opposition, and took control of thejudicial process. he and his wife imelda plundered the country's coffers to the tune of $10 billion, and set the benchmark high for corruption. imelda became a byword for greed, exemplified by her vast collection of designer shoes and dresses. eventually, the marcos family fled the country in 1986. now, some critics believe that history is in danger of repeating itself. president duterte came to power promising to root out the country's big social problem, drugs. much of myjob has been reporting on the fallout from this policy. in the last two years, the president's war on drugs has seen at least 4000 suspected drug users and

ferdinand her lawful spouse. on the thrones of the costly in chains replicas of which are displayed on the archive thought is embroider the motto tonto montana montana tonto me each right as high as the other they had agreed upon the words before a battle. but isabella the catholics or to it at the settlement of signal via went home early in her favor. with her new chapter in spanish history began ahead lay the brutal triumphs of re christianization under the sign of the cross and moorish conquerors were persecuted . the jews were driven out of their quarters through the san andreas gate and in jew course they were expelled from the whole of spain. thank. god. and your emperor charles the fifth the grandson of isabella the other. qatar became a battleground it proved the bastion of loyal monarchists in battled against the rebels of the city. at that time so go here was a wealthy city but charles the fifth had increased taxes and curtailed the rights of the peoples deputations. the plot the san martin was the impr

henceforth ferdinand and isabella were the catholic monarchs of spain and that set the seal on the country's faithful union of church and state. the conclusion of isabella speech left no room for doubt queen and proprietors of the kingdom isabella queen of custody of. her now and her lawful spouse. on the thrones of the car stealing kings replicas of which are displayed on the archive is embroider the motto tonto montoya montoya tonto all need each ride as high as the other they had agreed upon the words before a battle. but isabella the catholic saw to it that the settlement or so ago via went wholly in her favor. with her my new chapter in spanish history began ahead lay the brutal triumphs agree christianization under the sign of the cross and moorish conquerors were persecuted. the jews were driven out of their quarters through the san andreas gate and in jew course they were expelled from the whole of spain. thank. god for. your emperor charles the fifth the grandson of isabella the other. qatar became a battleground it proved the bastion of loyal monarchists embattled against the rebel

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. >> and my cousin, ferdinand, superintendent of the port authority police who ran in to save others making the ultimate sacrifice. i love hearing about you from those who worked by your side and from families who miss you dearly. you touched all of our lives with laughter and love. you were larger-than-life and we will always remember your strength and kindness. that's from christina and tina. we honor you today and every day. we love you always. invalid there is hope. god bless america. [applause] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] >> and my beloved, amazing oco and godfather. -- nypd emergency services unit truck number seven. one of the first on the scene. [applause] you are our inspiration. not a day goes by that you're not in our hearts and thoughts. we miss you. our family will always honor and treasure your name, and keep your have become hilarious and loving memories with you a life. i know you and gramps

>> the illness coincides with the exposure with ferdinand ward. grant one day, they had a house in long branch, new jersey. julia serves him a plate of peaches and he bites into one of the peaches and says, ouch. that peach just on me for some reason. it was the first time he realized there was a problem with his throat. he finally consulted his doctor in new york found a cancerous mass on his throat. anton and tongue. it was incurable so grant realized this was a terminal illness and he was petrified that when he died, julia would be left destitute. because they lost all their money. he decided to do something he swore he wouldn't do.he wrote his memoirs. during the last years of his life in excruciating pain and with his mind being followed by opiates. he wrote a memoir that is considered one of the greatest memoirs of the english language. >> his publisher was mark twain. in one letter, he writes grant wrote 10,000 words today. it kills me these days to write 5000 words. he couldn't believe grants productivity. this memoir really poured out of

but rio ferdinand, a household name if ever there was one.e rooney and gary lineker have kicked. think of robbie williams and what he has achieved given his profile. i mean, nobody would begrudge these figures honours. and also, if ken dodd could be forgiven and given the knighthood, surely this is time sensitive? at what time does the system consider them again and honour them properly as it should? former editor of international news, thank you very much. food for thought. some breaking news. a man has appeared in court this morning charged with the murders of two women in birmingham. he is accused of stabbing to death his former partner and her mother. ina his former partner and her mother. in a brief court appearance lasting less tha n in a brief court appearance lasting less than two minutes, dambuster ream spoke to the —— only to confirm his name, date of birth and address. he will appear before birmingham crown court on tuesday. the case of the jailed british—iranian charity worker, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, will be raised by a foreig

commissioned by the nazis ferdinand portia designed a cheap economical folks all people's car in one thousand thirty eight the first model was ready that many saw military service during the war but when the fighting finally stopped the v.w. beetle was back. the car sold rapidly around the world the beetle was an immediate hit in the u.s. even making it to hollywood and it broke the record after record in one nine hundred fifty five the one millionth beatle rolled off the belt involves book resilience was its middle name. hit more runs and runs and runs and it did until the love affair was over in the one nine hundred sixty s. the darling of v.w. lost its sex appeal critics complained about its boring design and high running costs ten and a half liters to one hundred kilometers. things looked bad for v.w. in fact the person asked and goes models only just saved it from the brink then in one thousand nine hundred seventy eight that was it the end of german production fans had to import them from abroad v.w. continued to run its plant in mexico and in one thousand nine hundred one the

manila was on the forty sixth anniversary of the declaration of martial law by former president ferdinand marcos many filipinos called him a dictator and activists say there are similarities between then and now. the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov is visiting bosnia and herzegovina and it's republican. that's the serb dominated semi autonomous region where the trip comes just a few weeks ahead of elections there lavrov is emphasizing russian links to bosnia's serve population bosnia has three presidents with equal powers one serb one croats and one bosniak it's designed to diffuse ethnic tensions britain's prime minister says talks are at an impasse and accuses european union leaders of a lack of respect for rejecting her proposals so reason may says she's ready for no deal on departure day in six months after e.u. leaders meeting in austria said her plan won't work if parker has the latest from london reeling from her bruising a u. summit to resume a delivered a defiant ultimatum to europe the e.u. should be clear i will not over to the result of the referendum nor will i break u

manila was on the forty sixth anniversary of the declaration of martial law by former president ferdinand marcos many filipinos called him a dictator and activists say there are similarities between then and now now the president of vietnam has died in hospital at the age of sixty one the government says tranda kwang had been sick for several months he was one of vietnam's three most powerful leaders but his presidential role was largely ceremonial he will morgan looks back at his life. grand icon's time in office was brief but marked by domestic crackdowns and a bid to stabilise relations with the united states he was sworn in as president of vietnam in equal time to sixteen the sixty one year old had been a public security minister and police general areas which had been the focus of criticism of the nation's human rights records under his rule vietnam launched a crackdown on corruption and dissidents posting on social media he'll also be remembered for a major expansion of the power of the ministry of public security and the police in the larger vietnam political system he quite clearl

commissioned by the nazis ferdinand portia designed a cheap economical focus of people's car in one nine hundred thirty eight the first model was ready though it mainly saw military service during the war but when the fighting finally stopped the v.w. beetle was back. the car sold rapidly around the world the beetle was an immediate hit in the u.s. even making it to hollywood and it broke the record after record in one nine hundred fifty five the one millionth beetle rolled off the belt involves resilience was its middle name. runs and runs and runs and it did until the love affair was over in the one nine hundred sixty s. the darling of v.w. lost its sex appeal critics complained about its boring design and high running costs ten and a half liters to one hundred kilometers. things looked bad for v.w. in fact the person asked and gulf models only just saved it from the brink then in one thousand nine hundred seventy eight that was it the end of german production fans had to import them from abroad continue to run its plant in mexico and in one thousand nine hundred one the factory sold v

milena was on the forty sixth anniversary of the declaration of martial law by former president ferdinand marcos the leader of yemen's hooty rebels has called on his supporters to stand firm against the saudi an iraqi led coalition trying to defeat them thousands of people filled the streets of the yemeni capital sana'a to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the hoody takeover of the city the u.n. is trying to mediate peace talks to end the fighting between the government and who does the conflict has killed more than ten thousand people and left millions displaced those are the headlines swim back in half an hour right now it's killing the count. the northern cemetery. principal burial ground of the city of stock. last resting place for sweden's most celebrated citizen is. not far from alfred nobel whose famous prize is bear his name lies another illustrious we. count falcon bernadotte a visible. like nobel his name is linked with peace as the first un mediator in the arab israeli conflict. unlike nobel his life ended violence. like van adult want to make pierce. have a little chance of

for ferdinand would. >> did he help catch him? >> nobody had grant was simply place the access by three grant because there were sophisticated walls people that were absolutely certain and should have been suspicious guzzles were getting her 1520% that i wish i could tell you so what happened the bank that was lending money went bust. mick and this legacy? >> yes. very, veryth nice suffering and that is why he is successful with six union officials. and that grants presidency was betrayed and that's in many ways it was a successful presidency with the african-american community. with that revisionist vents so people accepted the portraits i'm happy for that but surprised. jean. translator: _spee17 speemac we are are joined by our fox and friends .

manila was on the forty sixth anniversary of the declaration of martial law by former president ferdinand marcos cambodia's granted a pardon to an australian filmmaker jailed on espionage charges james ricketson was arrested in june last year after using a drone to film a rally organized by a now dissolved opposition party he was charged with spying and sentenced to six years in prison last month it's not yet clear whether the sixty nine year old filmmaker is still in cambodia or has returned home to australia those are the headlines we're back with more after the stream. fear is a very important force of information for many people around the world all the time right or wrong i'm still here go into areas that nobody else has go we talk to people that nobody else is talking to and bringing that story to the forefront. i mean ok today a check in on three stories that we're following here on the stream what happened when came that movie we will find out then do you know the truth behind how western museums got many of their all to facts and we're also going to meet someone who can tell you

>> the illness coincides with the exposure with ferdinand ward. grant one day, they had a house in long branch, new jersey. julia serves him a plate of peaches and he bites into one of the peaches and says, ouch. that peach just on me for some reason. it was the first time he realized there was a problem with his throat. he finally consulted his doctor in new york found a cancerous mass on his throat. anton and tongue. it was incurable so grant realized this was a terminal illness and he was petrified that when he died, julia would be left destitute. because they lost all their money. he decided to do something he swore he wouldn't do.he wrote his memoirs. during the last years of his life in excruciating pain and with his mind being followed by opiates. he wrote a memoir that is considered one of the greatest memoirs of the english language. >> his publisher was mark twain. in one letter, he writes grant wrote 10,000 words today. it kills me these days to write 5000 words. he couldn't believe grants productivity. this memoir really poured out of

marshal ferdinand [indiscernible] whose motto was: attack. always attack.ater, the war-wearied french people erected another monument, this one to a minister of war, andre magineau. between the ideas -- may well lie the military story of the fall of a great nation. the proud spirit of france demand nothing less than victory and placed its faith in the attacks. imagine those times. the spirit no longer proud, cast only to avoid defeat and placed its faith in concrete. so the french built the mighty chain of fortresses called the magineau line. these were built deep into the french land. they were connected by underground passages and railways, guarding france's eastern borders facing germany. when france was finally forced to declare war against the rising nazis, the french troops, instead of attacking, were marched into their modern caves to wait for the nazi blitz to smash itself. their general proudly announced whoever makes the first move in this war will be hurt. but hitler didn't go near the magineau line. that was france's strong point. instead, he at

anniversary of the declaration of martial law in the philippines, and the rise to power of the late ferdinandxpected to hold a rally against president rodrigo duterte's proposed changes to the constitution, which they say will lead to a dictatorship. president duterte has in the past defended his strongman style of leadership, saying the country would make no progress if he did not act like a dictator. church groups in the philippines are spearheading the anti—dictatorship protest. manila's auxiliary bishop broderick pabillo has supported a call for people tojoin the rallies, saying that, "in a healthy democracy, there should be a strong opposition to abuse of power." earlier, i spoke to steve wilford, a risk analyst who's spent many years in the philippines. i asked him why president duterte wants to change the form of government. for ostensibly very sensible reasons. the 1987 constitution was... many would argue quite a rush document in the wake of the fall of the marcos regime, a sort of interim measure if you like. it created a system of government that some people describe as hyper presi

commissioned by the nazis ferdinand portia designed a cheap economical folks of all peoples cars in one nine hundred thirty eight the first model was ready though it mainly saw military service during the war but when the fighting finally stopped the v.w. beetle was back. the car sold rapidly around the world the beetle was an immediate hit in the u.s. even making it to hollywood and it broke the record after record in one nine hundred fifty five the one millionth beatle rolled off the belt involves resilience was its middle name. runs and runs and runs and it did until the love affair was over in the one nine hundred sixty s. the darling of v.w. lost its sex appeal critics complained about its boring design and high running costs ten and a half liters to one hundred kilometers. things looked bad for v.w. in fact the person asked and goes models only just saved it from the brink then in one thousand nine hundred seventy eight that was it the end of german production fans had to import them from abroad c.w. continued to run its plant in mexico and in one thousand nine hundred one the fac

manila was on the forty sixth anniversary of the declaration of martial law by the former president ferdinand marcos and side stories coming up next right here on al-jazeera. can trump protect the u.s. president's choice for supreme court judge is accused of sexual assault as well as allegations of rats and smear campaigns and midterm elections due well the latest scandal affects voter this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the high stakes standoff is underway in washington over the u.s. president's choice for supreme court judge bret's governors accused of sexual assault by a woman who says she's prepared to testify to congress patsy cline reports from washington. do you swear that the testimony you're about his confirmation seems certain brett kavanaugh poised to cement a conservative supreme court for a generation i do until this woman went public with an allegation she says cavanagh sexually assaulted her in high school kristine blasi forward once the federal bureau of investigation to look into the matter any witness who lied to them would be committing a serious crime b

about the character of his ministration than your decision to grant the former and long day dictator ferdinand marcos a hero's burial at the cemetery of national heroes this was in november twenty sixth seen a move described by the former chief justice as a grave abuse of discretion what's the aim here to bring brutal tyrants and thieves not going to fashion he was just following what the rules say regarding precedence to be varied and the libyan of the vanier cemetery for great man and heroes and marketeers and precedence you were at one time a lawyer to the marcos' won't you there are t.v. program in two thousand and six really the marxist imelda marcos and now the she was one of the mildest you're only imelda and we do respect only to an obvious corpus for city and on a t.v. program in two thousand and six you denied that the marcos' had any ill gotten gain cos the new york acquitted her all white racketeering charges ten years later yeah by twenty sixteen your state had recovered some three point seven billion dollars in assets that marcus's had stolen so your claim was demonstrably false

manila was on the forty sixth anniversary of the declaration of martial law by former president ferdinandmarcos many filipinos called him a dictator and activists say there are similarities between then and now which. is live for us from manila so this is this is an area anniversary that is marked almost every year since mr marcos left power what makes this this year's events different all right doesn't it. doesn't appear that can hear us there polish apologies for that we will try to get back in the meantime we'll move on the tiny southern african kingdom of swat teenie formerly known as swazi land is holding parliamentary elections including its critics are calling it a farce the political parties are banned from taking part half a million voters must choose from individual candidates for fifty nine seats while the remaining ten will be appointed by king mswati the third himself the king has veto power over legislation and he appoints the prime minister and cabinet and is constitutionally above the law all right it looks as if we can go back to jimmy in in manila right now talking about

manila was on the forty sixth anniversary of the declaration of martial law by home of president ferdinand marcos activists are drawing parallels between the marcos and a territory regime's. australian filmmaker jailed in cambodia for espionage has been given a royal pardon james ricketts and was arrested last june after using the drug to film a rally held by an opposition political party last month he was sentenced to six years in prison on spying charges the sixty nine year old lawyer says he has been going least and is now with his family. the united states has imposed sanctions on the chinese military for buying russian fighter jets and missiles it accuses china of violating existing u.s. sanctions on moscow has more from chengdu the chinese government has strongly urged the us to withdraw all sanctions the u.s. state department announced on thursday against a department within china's military now this is because they bought missile systems and fighter jets from russia's leading arms export are money from the sham food the chinese side expresses its strong indignation at the unreasona

pershing met with ferdinand folks. marshall poche was the commander of all the allied forces. pershing had it into his mind to attack saint-mihiel, using an extensive force of american troops. foche originally agreed to this but as foche started to plan a major offensive he saw taking place in september of 1918, which would involve all the front,he wandered pershing to -- the armies on the western front, he wanted pershing to either relinquish the saint-mihiel attack or reduce it. pershing was livid. they went after it in a number of meetings. finally, there was a compromise. it would be a reduced attack. the attack was set to take place on september 12 of 1918. however the major offensive, which would eventually be the meuse-argonne attack was , scheduled for two weeks later. as soon as pershing fought operation, he would have to turn around and get ready to fight a much larger operation in less than two weeks later. charged with planning the saint-mihiel attack was his g3 george c. marshall. marshall sat down with a stack of maps and created the operational order. ultimately

in manila was the forty sixth anniversary of the declaration of martial law by former president ferdinand marcos activists are drawing parallels between the marcos and the terror tape regimes. to thailand now where the military government has cleared the way for political parties to resume activities more than four years after a coup they still can't campaign or organize street gatherings for an election which may be held in february when hay reports from bangkok. four years after having their power taken away the leaders of the poor thai party are able to meet again without fearing arrest since the coup that removed thailand's largest party from office political gatherings of five people or more have been outlawed but now the military government has partially relaxed its ban on political activities. i told the board the what's happening now proves that we are still alive and we are proud of what we have therefore we will continue to do activities and those activities have proven popular with voters for years maybe too popular a tie and it's pretty decisive parties have won every election

ferdinand and imelda marcos's extravagantly corrupt regime. martial law.journalists. >> ben: yup. >> anthony: based out of manila? >> ben: yeah, uh, me. marc lives in mindanao. >> anthony: mindanao. now does a journalist need to carry a firearm in this country? >> marc: for me, yes. >> anthony: in the philippines, a press badge is no defense, particularly in the south of the country where marc navales lives and works. >> ben: mindanao has been war-torn for the last how many years? because of the radicalization of recent years, this growing specter of isis, mindanao is fertile grounds for that. >> anthony: now traditionally the argument against journalists arming themselves is that journalists have always been able to portray themselves as noncombatants. >> marc: yes. >> anthony: there was some presumption that they would not shoot you. >> ben: yeah. >> anthony: but these days, people seem to not make that distinction. >> ben: yes. dating back to the marcos years even. >> marc: since 1992, 77 journalists were killed. >> anthony: politics here can be deadly.

ferdinand got assassinated, the dominoes fell in europe, but it was the first mechanized war. it was mechanized. they had gatlin guns and things of that nature. airplane -- the rise of the earth plane, i should say. -- airplane, i should say. the first time it was used. huge land battle. many people died. no good war on land is without a good war on sea. great fleet, britain had a big fleet, france, that kind of thing. they were put to good use. germany also had been developing a u-boat army. they saw the value of the u-boat early. prior to world war i, the relative u-boat. at the start of world war i, they had 28 u-boats. they called them comings, because -- canoes, because they were not that big, but they could shoot a torpedo and sink a much larger vessel. by 1918 at the end of world war i, they had 375 of them commissioned. that is how i work. they had another -- that is how valuable they were. they had another 226 under construction. a whole line of varieties, and they had mercantile submarines that they had in america to back to germany. they were using debt in a wide va

. >> adolf hitler himself asked ferdinand porsche to design a car for the people, mass produced and cheap of world war ii, volkswagen was looking to expand and set its sights on america's deep pockets. so, how do you take a tiny car built for nazi mass consumption and sell it to america? advertising. >> the ad campaign that really changed the advertising industry and basically changed it for all time was ads for volkswagen, which started in 1959. they were put together by a very famous ad agency called doyle dane and back, or dd&b. >> we were always about engaging the intellect, engaging the sense of humor, engaging the consumer on the consumer's terms. in contrast to the multicolor, multipage inserts general motors was running, there was a single-page, black-and-white, lots of quotes, wasted white space, tiny little car on a big page, "think small." >> these ads defied the conventions of 1950s-style advertising in just about every way. instead of looking enormous and powerful, they make the car look round and strange and small, and the advertising copy would actually appear to be mocking

. >> jimmy: then you got nominated for a golden globe for your song in "ferdinand.riyanka chopra. >> she's the best. >> jimmy: how did you -- how did you meet? >> well, we met through a a friend. so we got connected first over text and we started talking for a while, and it was about six months before we met up in person. and then we actually attended the met gala a few years ago together. >> jimmy: oh, yeah. >> had a great time, but it just -- >> jimmy: as friends. >> just friends. and our lives were kind of taking us to different places. and the thing that was funny, is people would ask us, both in an interview setting and in private, "are you guys seeing each other?" and the answer was "no" and people thought we were being coy. and so did we -- until we cut to now we're engaged so the story sort of wrote itself. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, like, oops. yeah. >> but you know, we then met up a couple months ago -- i think five months ago now, and it was kind of immediate and i think we just knew it was right and jumped right in and we're very happy. >> jimmy: oh, t

he got his father involved in they formed a firm with a man named ferdinand ward. investments went well for a while. veryarly 1880's were a comfortable time, money was coming in from the firm. everything really started to collapse in the final year of grants life. he had a slip and a fall on an icy sidewalk. ofly in 1884, in the spring 1884 he arrived at the office of grant and ward and found out there was a major financial crisis. forad to get a loan $150,000 to try and keep the firm afloat. he brought the money to the business partner who had been doing the books and thought maybe this would help the firm survive. in fact, he found out soon afterwards that ward was actually a crook and he had been running essentially a ponzi scheme. t familyid grant t like a bombshell. they invested heavily into the firm. the whole family had. they had to find a way to make money. grant felt personally responsible. he encouraged family and others to invest. even though he was a victim he felt personally responsible and want to pay back his debts. were in a difficult financial sit

with ferdinand ward. grant one day, they had a house in longbranch new jersey. julius was, had delicious peaches and he bites into one peach and the says ouch, that peach stung me for some reason and the first time he realized there was a problem with his throat, he finally with some delay consulted his s doctor in new york, found a cancerous mass on his throat and tongue. it was incurable. and so grant realized that this was a terminal illness and he was petrified that not really when he died, that julia wouldn't be left destitute because they lost e all their money so he decides to do something that he swore he wouldn't do, he wrote his memoirs so during the last year of his life in excruciating pain , and with his mind often farmed my opiates, he managed to write a memoir that is considered the greatest military memoir of theenglish language . >> he wrote 10,000 words a day whenhe had throat cancer . >> 's publisher was mark twain and in one letter mark writes brent wrote 10,000 dawords today. >> he said it kills me to write downsizing words in a day. he coul

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